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TAIPEI: Taiwan on Sunday (Mar 15) reported the return of large-scale Chinese air force activities around the island after an unexplained absence of more than two weeks that prompted speculation in Taipei as to Beijing’s motives.China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, normally sends fighter jets, drones and other military aircraft around the island on a daily basis, with interruptions generally caused by bad weather.Taiwan’s defence ministry, in a daily update on Sunday morning, said it had detected 26 Chinese military aircraft, concentrated in the Taiwan Strait, over the previous 24 hours. It last reported that many…

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia’s Formula One Grands Prix races will not be held in April on safety grounds due to the war.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoPublished On 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoFormula One and its governing body, FIA, said the Grands Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will not happen in April due to safety concerns related to the Iran war.Both countries have been hit during Iran’s retaliatory attacks after the United States and Israel launched a wave of strikes on Iran.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe…

Shortly after the opening bell, we will be buying 45 shares of Alphabet at roughly $307. Following Friday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 300 shares of GOOGL, increasing its weighting to 2.4% from 2.04%. We are now able to pick up shares of Alphabet as we are no longer restricted from trading the stock. The tech giant was on the shopping list we shared on Thursday. The S & P Short Range Oscillator moved deeper into oversold territory after Thursday’s selloff, dropping to minus-7.65% from minus-5.48%. (The threshold for oversold is minus-4%.) In the absence of a resolution…

Washington — One year ago, Rebecca Ferguson-Ondrey and Drew Ruby-Howe were abruptly terminated from their jobs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.They are among more than 300,000 workers to leave the federal government as part of cuts by the second Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.Ferguson-Ondrey said she did not cope well in those initial days.”There were a lot of tears, sitting my kids down and telling them that I had been fired from my job…That was really difficult to have those conversations,” Ferguson-Ondrey told CBS News.But it was a personal conversation between Ferguson-Ondrey and Ruby-Howe that led to a…

A bone has been thrown to dishlicker owners to curry political favour for a state ban on greyhound racing.Tasmanian greyhound racing participants will receive compensation for the industry being shut down by June 2029, the state Liberal government announced on Sunday.Premier Jeremy Rockliff confirmed a bill enabling the ban would be amended to include compensation after it passed the lower house in December.Details of the compensation framework will feature in the legislation and a funding package will be outlined in the state budget.”As we progress the phase out of greyhound racing in Tasmania by June 2029, we will ensure participant…

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his teenage daughter, observed a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems, state media reported on Sunday (Mar 15), a likely response to ongoing US-South Korean military training that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim watched the strike drill involving twelve 600mm-calibre, ultraprecision rocket launchers off North Korea’s east coast on Saturday.South Korea’s military said on Saturday that it detected about 10 ballistic missiles fired from North Korea’s capital region toward the eastern sea. South Korea’s national security council called the…

The far-right leader, whose persistent health woes are linked to a 2018 stabbing, endorsed his son to run in this year’s election.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoPublished On 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoBrazilian far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, imprisoned for plotting a coup after he lost the country’s last election, is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit after being hospitalised with bronchopneumonia.The DF Star hospital in Brasilia said in a statement on Saturday that the 70-year-old was in a stable condition despite being diagnosed with worsening kidney function.Recommended Stories list of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrats on Capitol Hill are accusing Republicans of walking away from attempts to shrink the size of a partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14, arguing that the impasse over funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) doesn’t need to hold up funding for other agencies.It’s a position that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., believes his party has repeatedly made clear.”We’re totally ready to fund FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, other elements. But while ICE continues to misbehave, we need to make sure that there’s an agreement about their behavior. And the Republicans…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Navy SEAL Robert J. O’Neill, who was part of the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, delivered a pregame speech to Team USA players ahead of their World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Canada Friday. Team USA beat Canada 5-3 to advance to the semifinals after O’Neill’s pep talk. But the speech also received criticism from left-wing social media users within and beyond the U.S. Many who criticized the speech condemned its pro-war messaging and association of war with American values.  Edouard Julien of Canada slides into second base against Brice Turang…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The headless, handless body of a man found on the side of a lonely road in New York’s Allegany County 56 years ago has been identified through DNA advancements, officials announced this week.Still, his killer hasn’t been caught.The body of Clyde A. Coppage, 35, was discovered along a road in Andover, in upstate New York in March 1970.STAR MURDAUGH TRIAL WITNESS PROBES MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF BUSTER’S FORMER CLASSMATE Clyde Coppage’s body remained unidentified for 56 years.  (New York State Police)”Over the course of nearly 56 years, investigating members of the New York…